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June 26, 2021 at 9:24 pm

Dozens came down with COVID on Everest. Nepal says it never happened.

According to the Nepal government, there was never any COVID-19 on Everest. Tourism officials dismissed the accounts of climbers, calling one a pneumonia patient. Coughing,...

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May 30, 2021 at 10:27 am

As COVID Rampages Across Nepal, Workers Pay the Price

KATHMANDU, Nepal — Ram Singh Karki escaped the first wave of India’s pandemic by boarding a crowded bus and crossing the border home to Nepal....

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May 22, 2021 at 10:58 am

Nepal’s Parliament is dissolved, deepening a political crisis as COVID-19 rages

KATHMANDU, Nepal — Nepal’s Parliament was dissolved on Saturday for the second time in five months, deepening a political crisis in the Himalayan nation as...

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May 15, 2021 at 12:55 pm

Everest expedition abandons base camp after climbers’ positive coronavirus tests

KATHMANDU, Nepal — A prominent mountaineering company abandoned its expedition to Mount Everest, dismantling its tents at base camp Saturday after members of its team...

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May 13, 2021 at 6:37 am

2 climbers, a Swiss-Pakistani and an American, die on Everest

KATHMANDU, Nepal — Two climbers, a Swiss-Pakistani and an American, have died on Mount Everest, the first fatalities of a busy climbing season as a...

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May 1, 2021 at 1:59 pm

Experts believe the outbreak is being fueled by Nepali migrant workers who returned home in recent weeks from India as lockdowns were imposed there.

The coronavirus outbreak in India has spilled across the border into Nepal, where health officials have warned that hospital beds are unavailable, vaccines are running...

FILE – In this May 27, 2019, file photo, birds fly as Mount Everest is seen from Namche Bajar, Solukhumbu district, Nepal. Nepal is expecting hundreds of foreigners to attempt to scale the highest Himalayan peaks despite the pandemic, an official said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha, File) NME101 NME101

April 4, 2021 at 2:24 pm

As climbers return to Everest, COVID adds peril to an already dangerous ascent

The pandemic has made the already deadly climb even more hazardous. Local officials have instituted new virus safety measures as determined climbers — including former...

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December 20, 2020 at 12:44 pm

Nepal Falls Into Political Turmoil. China and India Are Watching.

KATHMANDU, Nepal — Nepal’s top leader dissolved parliament Sunday amid infighting among members of the governing party, throwing into doubt the political future of a...

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March 8, 2020 at 2:42 pm

After Deadly Jam on Everest, Nepal Delays New Safety Rules

NEW DELHI — The images shocked and angered the world: hundreds of climbers trapped near Mount Everest’s summit, hooked to a single safety line on...

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In this photo made on May 22, 2019, a long queue of mountain climbers line a path on Mount Everest. About half a dozen climbers died on Everest last week most while descending from the congested summit during only a few windows of good weather each May. (Nirmal Purja/@Nimsdai Project Possible via AP) BKWS304 BKWS304

May 29, 2019 at 12:57 pm

Nepal says Everest rules might change after overcrowding and deaths

Officials said that climbers might have to submit proof of mountaineering experience and a verifiable certificate of good health.

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